Holy Hugeness Batman!

Cruising down The Generals Highway, we saw some really cool, tall, and amazing sights!

We were able to get up early, eat breakfast, and head out of Fresno by 8:15 am. The lady at the check-out desk was pretty impressed with our little brood. After fiddling with the GPS and the highway, we were finally on our way to see the giant Sequoias. At 11 am this morning we were at 7600 ft elevation. I was feeling very close to God. We finally made it to the spot to see General Sherman, the 2200 year old, 1368 ton, 275 ft tall Sequoia. If you filled it with water, you could take a bath for every single day for 27 years. It was quite the treacherous trek to see the tree, since it snowed up there yesterday and there was ice just about everywhere you turned (Claire found a patch of ice accidentally and hit the ground, hard, on her bottom and had to borrow Skyzr's pj bottoms, because they were the easiest clothing article I could get to.). Those are some pretty cool trees God put on our planet. I wish the weather had been a bit better, so we could have stayed a little longer, but alas, the treacherous walking, especially while walking with a baby in your hands, and the lateness of the day, we had to move on. On our decent from the mountain, we hit some road construction, which put us 1 hour behind schedule. We drove through some really beautiful area and saw LOTS of orange groves. So at 3 pm, we were at a mere 400 ft elevation (that's a pretty big drop!). A HUGE SHOUT OUT GOES TO MY BIG SIS (also known as Aunt Bone) FOR SUGGESTING US TAKE THE SEQUOIA TRIP! IT WAS SO WORTH IT! As we passed back through Fresno again, I felt like Clark Griswald in "European Vacation", "Look kids, Big Ben, Parliment. Look kids, Big Ben, Parliment....", but instead, "Look kids, Fresno, CA. Look kids, Fresno, CA..." The kids seemed to be none too pleased that we were back in Fresno.

We have arrived at destination number 5 of 9. Whoo hoo, half way there! We are in Sacramento and plan to hit the train museum before moving farther north, to Redding, CA. Tomorrow will be a real short day for us, driving wise, only 2 1/2 hours. Only time for 1 movie and a bit of reading (By the way we read Skyzr's book on the building of the Erie Canal, read a 10 more pages in "House at Pooh Corner", and finished reading the "Heroes of Then and Now... Mary Slessor"- honestly EVERYONE of you should read this book!!!!). We dined tonight, while looking for remnant pieces of quantonium, at In-n-Out, in Modesto, CA. Claire did say she saw Galaxar's ship hovering over the city. Not too bad burgers, for not too bad prices. Much like Dick's but much less greasy! I am glad I can now say I am one of the ones who has eaten at In-n-Out. Now on to my next achievement.

We have just decided tonight that while in Portland, we will be stopping at Ikea, since it is only 1 mile from our hotel. Does anyone need us to pick anything up? Here's your chance. But do remember that we don't have too much room in the car. We are actually coming back with more than we left with (and not a single San Diego t-shirt to show for proof of our visit). Actually it is more food that we are coming back with. My mom did not want to leave anything at the rental house, so just about all the leftover stuff... cereal, frozen gallon of milk, 4 loaves of bread.... is all coming home with us!

So the time has now come to say good-bye to all of my followers out there. Thanks for following us and making me feel loved. We will be seeing some of you in just 2 days, while some of you in 3, and some of you in 4, and then I don't know when I will see the rest of you... if not before, we'll see you in heaven.